3 Chords used in the song: G, Am, Em

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# This is pretty close to the picking guitar picking of Dog Days Are Over from the live iTunes Festival '10
# (It's easiest to keep your middle finger on second string)
[G]
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------|
E|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------|
C|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
[G] [
Am] [
Em]
A|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------|
E|--3-3-3-3-8-8-8-8-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------|
C|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------| ]
# If you'd rather strum:
[Verse 1]G
Am
Em
Happiness hit her like a train on a trackG
Am
Em
Coming towards her, stuck still no turning back
G
She hid around corners, and she hid under beds
G
Am
Em
She killed it with kisses and from it she fled
G
With every bubble, she sank with her drink
G
Am
Em
And washed it away down the kitchen sink
[Chorus]
# pt. 1
G
The dog days are over, the dog days are done
G
Am
Em
The horses are coming, so you better run
# pt. 2
G
Run fast for your mother run fast for your father
G
Run for your children, for your sisters and brothers
G
Am
Leave all your love and your longing behind
Em
You can't carry it with you if you want to survive
# (pt. 1 alt.)
G
The dog days are over, the dog days are done
G
Am
Em
Can you hear the horses, cause here they come
[Bridge]
G
G
G
Am
Em
And I never wanted anything from you
G
G
Except everything you had
G
Am
Em
And what was left after that too, oh
[Verse 2]G
G
Am
Em
Happiness hit her like a bullet in the backG
Struck from a great height
G
Am
Em
By someone who should've known better than that
G
The dog days are over
G
The dog days are done
G
Am
Em
Can you hear the horses cause here they come
[Instrumental] x2G,
G
G -
Am,
Em
[Chorus]
G
Run fast for your mother run fast for your father
G
Run for your children, for your sisters and brothers
G
Am
Leave all your love and your longing behind
Em
You can't carry it with you if you want to survive
G
The dog days are over, the dog days are done
G
Am
Em
Can you hear the horses, cause here they come
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About this song: Dog Days Are Over
According to the Dog Days Are Over Songfacts, this paean to the inevitability of happiness was inspired by a giant text installation titled "Dog Days Are Over" by artist Ugo Rondinone, which Florence used to see every day riding her bike over Waterloo Bridge.